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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 3-3 Assessment of base fee – All other properties.">
  <section prefix="§" num="3-3" heading="Assessment of base fee – All other properties.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Scope of section.">This section applies to all properties in the City that are not single-family properties subject to § 3-2{“Assessment of base fee – Single-family properties”} of this subtitle.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Assessment formula.">
      <para num="(1)">The fee for properties subject to this section is the rate per Equivalent Residential Unit (or “ERU”) set in accordance with § 3-4 {“Initial rates”} or &lt;cite data-path="|27|§3-5"&gt;§ 3-5 {“Subsequent rates”} of this subtitle&lt;/cite&gt; times the number of ERUs on the property.</para>
      <para num="(2)">For this purpose, 1 ERU comprises 1,050 square feet of impervious surface area.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Methods of measurement.">
      <para num="(1)">For properties subject to this section, the following methods may be used, at the sole discretion of the Director of Public Works, to determine the impervious surface measurement of a property:<para num="(i)">geographic information systems analysis of aerial photographs;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">measurement from approved as-built engineering drawings that are signed and sealed by a professional engineer;</para>
        <para num="(iii)">field surveys that are signed and sealed by a professional engineer or professional land surveyor; and</para>
        <para num="(iv)">the use of any additional information that can reliably supplement the data derived from the other measures.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(2)">The resultant ERU count shall be rounded to the nearest whole number.</para>
      <para num="(3)">The computations and back-up materials for all resultant ERU counts shall be maintained by the Department of Public Works and made available to the public, in the Department’s main office and on the Department’s website.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Minimum assessed fee.">The minimum assessed stormwater fee for all properties subject to this section shall be equal to the fee for 1 ERU.</para>
    <para num="(e)" heading="Maximum assessed fee.">
      <para num="(1)" heading="In general.">The maximums set by paragraphs (2) and (3) of this subsection do not apply to any property or portion of a property for which a credit or exemption has been applied for under &lt;cite data-path="|27|§3-6"&gt;§ 3-6 {“Credits; Exemptions”} of this article&lt;/cite&gt;.</para>
      <para num="(2)" heading="Maximum as percentage of property tax.">
        <para num="(i)">Subject to subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, the fee for any property that is subject to property tax and is subject to assessment under this section may not exceed an amount equal to 20% of the total of all State and local real property taxes levied on the property.</para>
        <para num="(ii)">This paragraph (2) applies only to properties for which each of the following exceeds $1,000:<para num="(A)">the net State and local real property taxes levied on the property; and</para>
          <para num="(B)">the storm water remediation fee otherwise assessable under &lt;cite data-path="|27"&gt;this article&lt;/cite&gt;.</para>
        </para>
      </para>
      <para num="(3)" heading="Religious organizations.">Notwithstanding § 3-4 {“Initial rates”} and § 3-5 {“Subsequent rates”}, the fee for structures located on property owned by religious groups or organizations is $12 per ERU per year if:<para num="(1)">the property is not subject to State or City property tax; and</para>
        <para num="(2)">the structures on the property are used exclusively for:<para num="(i)">places of worship; or</para>
          <para num="(ii)">elementary, middle, or high school education.</para>
        </para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 13-143</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
